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32RX/TX Callbacks Sample Application
33==================================
34
35The RX/TX Callbacks sample application is a packet forwarding application that
36demonstrates the use of user defined callbacks on received and transmitted
37packets. The application performs a simple latency check, using callbacks, to
38determine the time packets spend within the application.
39
40In the sample application a user defined callback is applied to all received
41packets to add a timestamp. A separate callback is applied to all packets
42prior to transmission to calculate the elapsed time, in CPU cycles.
43
44
45Compiling the Application
46-------------------------
47
48To compile the application export the path to the DPDK source tree and go to
49the example directory:
50
51.. code-block:: console
52
53    export RTE_SDK=/path/to/rte_sdk
54
55    cd ${RTE_SDK}/examples/rxtx_callbacks
56
57
58Set the target, for example:
59
60.. code-block:: console
61
62    export RTE_TARGET=x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc
63
64See the *DPDK Getting Started* Guide for possible ``RTE_TARGET`` values.
65
66The callbacks feature requires that the ``CONFIG_RTE_ETHDEV_RXTX_CALLBACKS``
67setting is on in the ``config/common_`` config file that applies to the
68target. This is generally on by default:
69
70.. code-block:: console
71
72    CONFIG_RTE_ETHDEV_RXTX_CALLBACKS=y
73
74Build the application as follows:
75
76.. code-block:: console
77
78    make
79
80
81Running the Application
82-----------------------
83
84To run the example in a ``linuxapp`` environment:
85
86.. code-block:: console
87
88    ./build/rxtx_callbacks -l 1 -n 4
89
90Refer to *DPDK Getting Started Guide* for general information on running
91applications and the Environment Abstraction Layer (EAL) options.
92
93
94
95Explanation
96-----------
97
98The ``rxtx_callbacks`` application is mainly a simple forwarding application
99based on the :doc:`skeleton`. See that section of the documentation for more
100details of the forwarding part of the application.
101
102The sections below explain the additional RX/TX callback code.
103
104
105The Main Function
106~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
107
108The ``main()`` function performs the application initialization and calls the
109execution threads for each lcore. This function is effectively identical to
110the ``main()`` function explained in :doc:`skeleton`.
111
112The ``lcore_main()`` function is also identical.
113
114The main difference is in the user defined ``port_init()`` function where the
115callbacks are added. This is explained in the next section:
116
117
118The Port Initialization  Function
119~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
120
121The main functional part of the port initialization is shown below with
122comments:
123
124.. code-block:: c
125
126    static inline int
127    port_init(uint16_t port, struct rte_mempool *mbuf_pool)
128    {
129        struct rte_eth_conf port_conf = port_conf_default;
130        const uint16_t rx_rings = 1, tx_rings = 1;
131        struct ether_addr addr;
132        int retval;
133        uint16_t q;
134
135        if (port >= rte_eth_dev_count())
136            return -1;
137
138        /* Configure the Ethernet device. */
139        retval = rte_eth_dev_configure(port, rx_rings, tx_rings, &port_conf);
140        if (retval != 0)
141            return retval;
142
143        /* Allocate and set up 1 RX queue per Ethernet port. */
144        for (q = 0; q < rx_rings; q++) {
145            retval = rte_eth_rx_queue_setup(port, q, RX_RING_SIZE,
146                    rte_eth_dev_socket_id(port), NULL, mbuf_pool);
147            if (retval < 0)
148                return retval;
149        }
150
151        /* Allocate and set up 1 TX queue per Ethernet port. */
152        for (q = 0; q < tx_rings; q++) {
153            retval = rte_eth_tx_queue_setup(port, q, TX_RING_SIZE,
154                    rte_eth_dev_socket_id(port), NULL);
155            if (retval < 0)
156                return retval;
157        }
158
159        /* Start the Ethernet port. */
160        retval = rte_eth_dev_start(port);
161        if (retval < 0)
162            return retval;
163
164        /* Enable RX in promiscuous mode for the Ethernet device. */
165        rte_eth_promiscuous_enable(port);
166
167
168        /* Add the callbacks for RX and TX.*/
169        rte_eth_add_rx_callback(port, 0, add_timestamps, NULL);
170        rte_eth_add_tx_callback(port, 0, calc_latency, NULL);
171
172        return 0;
173    }
174
175
176The RX and TX callbacks are added to the ports/queues as function pointers:
177
178.. code-block:: c
179
180        rte_eth_add_rx_callback(port, 0, add_timestamps, NULL);
181        rte_eth_add_tx_callback(port, 0, calc_latency,   NULL);
182
183More than one callback can be added and additional information can be passed
184to callback function pointers as a ``void*``. In the examples above ``NULL``
185is used.
186
187The ``add_timestamps()`` and ``calc_latency()`` functions are explained below.
188
189
190The add_timestamps() Callback
191~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
192
193The ``add_timestamps()`` callback is added to the RX port and is applied to
194all packets received:
195
196.. code-block:: c
197
198    static uint16_t
199    add_timestamps(uint16_t port __rte_unused, uint16_t qidx __rte_unused,
200            struct rte_mbuf **pkts, uint16_t nb_pkts, void *_ __rte_unused)
201    {
202        unsigned i;
203        uint64_t now = rte_rdtsc();
204
205        for (i = 0; i < nb_pkts; i++)
206            pkts[i]->udata64 = now;
207
208        return nb_pkts;
209    }
210
211The DPDK function ``rte_rdtsc()`` is used to add a cycle count timestamp to
212each packet (see the *cycles* section of the *DPDK API Documentation* for
213details).
214
215
216The calc_latency() Callback
217~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
218
219The ``calc_latency()`` callback is added to the TX port and is applied to all
220packets prior to transmission:
221
222.. code-block:: c
223
224    static uint16_t
225    calc_latency(uint16_t port __rte_unused, uint16_t qidx __rte_unused,
226            struct rte_mbuf **pkts, uint16_t nb_pkts, void *_ __rte_unused)
227    {
228        uint64_t cycles = 0;
229        uint64_t now = rte_rdtsc();
230        unsigned i;
231
232        for (i = 0; i < nb_pkts; i++)
233            cycles += now - pkts[i]->udata64;
234
235        latency_numbers.total_cycles += cycles;
236        latency_numbers.total_pkts   += nb_pkts;
237
238        if (latency_numbers.total_pkts > (100 * 1000 * 1000ULL)) {
239            printf("Latency = %"PRIu64" cycles\n",
240                    latency_numbers.total_cycles / latency_numbers.total_pkts);
241
242            latency_numbers.total_cycles = latency_numbers.total_pkts = 0;
243        }
244
245        return nb_pkts;
246    }
247
248The ``calc_latency()`` function accumulates the total number of packets and
249the total number of cycles used. Once more than 100 million packets have been
250transmitted the average cycle count per packet is printed out and the counters
251are reset.
252